Louisiana Purchase Page #2

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Hello, Oscar.

Hello, Mr. Taylor.

Can I have one?

Hello, Mr. Taylor.

Next year you'll be

buyin' papers from me.

Here, you can look

at the pictures.

[Newsboy]

Extra! Paper!

Read all about it!

Get your evening news!

Extra! Paper!

Read all about it!

You got a slug, slug?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, no, no, not that kind.

Just the phone.

Oh.

Help yourself.

Hmm. Make your own, huh?

Hello, Madame Bordelaise's

Cafe? This is Jimmy Taylor.

Let me talk to Madame.

Madame.

[Indistinct Chatter]

Too many cooks

spoil the... Madame!

Oh.

Mr. Taylor

on telephone.

Jimmy? When did he

get back?

Hello, Jimmy.

Welcome home to New Orleans.

I'll be over.

I'm in trouble.

Certainly I'll help you.

Who is the girl?

No, this time something else

got me in trouble.

It wasn't legs,

it was logs. Good-bye.

I'm gonna be busy,

so you can take

the afternoon off.

Spend some time with

your father and mother,

if there's

visiting hours today.

Mademoiselle.

Oh, excuse me, please.

Is this Madame Bordelaise's

restaurant?

Yes, mademoiselle.

May I see her, please?

We are very old friends.

Oui.

[Bordelaise]

Marina.

Oh, my little Marina.

You here in Louisiana.

What a surprise.

Yvonne. This is a bigger

surprise for me.

You have not changed

in ten years.

Oh, but you have.

You were such

a little girl.

What a beautiful place.

Oh, I'm so happy

to see you.

Now, sit down.

How is your mother?

Well, I trust.

No, she's not well,

I trust.

Oh.

She's still in Vienna.

Oh, health is all right,

but money and things...

I want to get mama

a passport too,

but she needs $500

to come over.

$500?

Mm-hmm.

I just paid my mortgage,

but I'll get it.

No, no, no.

I don't want you

to give it to me.

I want a job,

any kind of a job.

I can dance

or scrub the floors...

or wash the dishes

or anything.

But the estate.

First we sold one part

of the estate,

and then another,

and then came Anschluss.

You know... liberation.

They liberated the rest

of the estate from us.

Of course they left us

the gardener's cabin.

Mon dieu.

Oh, it wasn't bad.

The gardener had some cows.

First we sold the milk,

then the cows.

And then what?

Then last year I got

a passport for America.

I have my first

citizen papers already.

In a few years

I get my second papers,

and then I'll go on relief.

Heil Roosevelt!

Ah, bonjour, monsieur.

Voulez-vous prendre

cette table ici, peut-etre...

tres bien, je vous assirai

et personne ne vous

derangera.

How do you do?

La tempete est belle dans

New Orleans, n'est-ce pas?

Thank you.

Et maintenant, monsieur,

voulez vous choisir?

This is in French too.

Yes.

Well, could I order

something in English?

Certainly.

Certainly.

Monsieur would like to

have something to drink

before dinner?

No, I'll just take my usual:

A glass of hot water.

Hot water?

Yeah, that's good for you

before a meal.

Oh, very well,

but, uh...

now, what about

something to eat?

I will suggest

some oysters.

I knew you were going

to say that.

Every time I go

in a restaurant,

a waiter takes

one look at me...

and suggests oysters.

I don't understand it.

But, monsieur,

this is New Orleans,

the home of oysters.

I've had waiters

suggest it to me

in Nebraska,

and Nebraska ain't

the home of oysters.

Oh, but you see,

the waiter realizes

immediately...

that monsieur is

a connoisseur about food,

so naturally

he suggests oysters.

Say, maybe that's it.

All right, I might

have some oysters.

May I suggest

a New Orleans speciality?

Oysters Rockefeller.

Oysters Rockefeller?

Oh, no, you don't.

What's the matter?

No.

A man in my profession

can't afford...

to have his name associated

with Rockefeller.

What is your profession?

Bend over.

I don't want this

to get around,

but I'm a senator,

a United States senator.

We're supposed

to knock big business

all the time, see?

We can't have anything

to do with Rockefeller.

Oh. I understand.

I can't even go

to Radio City.

That is sad.

So I guess we'd better

skip the oysters?

Well, then, uh...

what about some soup?

Soup?

Mmm.

Nah. That's practically

hot water,

and I'm having that

anyway.

I tell you what:

You bring me

a ham sandwich...

and a cup of coffee.

A ham sandwich?

In Bordelaise's,

the best restaurant

in New Orleans?

Oh! What an insult!

What's the matter?

We are not in the habit

of serving ham sandwich

in Bordelaise's.

Oh, I get it.

A kosher restaurant, huh?

Well, that's all right.

Bring me a hot pastrami

on rye.

A hot pastrami?

Sure.

I like that too.

Oh! Gaston!

Oui, Madame?

Madame?

Have the gentleman

served immediately.

Yes.

Il veut de I'eau chaude

et du hot pastrami.

Tu t'imagines,

chez Bordelaise?

On a pas d'ide

d'une chose pareille.

Aussi donne lui un sandwich...

de n'importe quoi et

ca fera la rue michel.

With mustard.

Wi...

I suppose it's quite

an honor to you...

having a senator

eat here.

We've had

a lot of senators.

Oh.

And we've had ambassadors

and presidents.

Is that so?

Uh, President Roosevelt

ever eat here?

No, but we had Coolidge

and Hoover.

Ah, Coolidge and Hoover.

Well, in those days

it was still legal...

for a Republican

to be president.

Why? Isn't it

legal anymore?

It hasn't come up recently,

but if it ever does,

I don't think

the new supreme court...

would declare it

constitutional.

Voila, monsieur.

C'est un bon client,

n'est-ce pas?

Quel ballot!

Tais-toi! Tais-toi!

Tais-toi!

On a pas d'ide

d'une chose pareille!

[Whistle]

Don't do that.

This is a pretty

expensive place.

You'd better wait outside.

Uh-huh.

[Whispering]

Bordy!

Jimmy?

Jimmy Taylor!

Is it really you?

This is a fine time

to make sure.

I'm so happy to see you.

Oh, thanks.

Mr. Taylor?

Yes?

You're just the man

I'm looking for.

I'm busy now, shorty,

and I have all the

insurance I can carry.

What I want you to do,

Bordy, I wa... come in.

What's this?

My card.

I told you I'm busy.

I don't even know who you are.

That's the reason

I gave you my card,

so you'd know.

Well...

"Mr. Oliver P. Loganberry."

He...

I'll see you later, Bordy.

All right.

I'll be around.

So you're

Senator Loganberry.

Mm-hmm.

Well... heh heh.

Uh... do you want to come

over to my table with me...

while I finish

my sandwich?

The reason I want to

go over to my table is...

because they got

the mustard over there.

The mustard.

Oh, uh... could I offer you

a piece of this?

No, thanks, Senator.

It would stick

in my throat.

Well, then I'll just go

right ahead.

Mm-hmm.

It's quite a coincidence,

my running into you this way.

Yes, sir, it certainly is

a small restaurant.

Yeah.

I was afraid I'd have to send

J. Edgar Hoover after you.

Oh, well, we wouldn't want

to trouble him, would we?

What was it you wanted

to see me about, Senator?

You're the president of

the Louisiana Purchasing

Company, aren't you?

Well, I was.

What do you mean, "was"?

We elected a new

president today.

We felt like we needed

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